Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2014 Kamil Kalisz. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import android.widget.Adapter; public class Main { public static final int INVALID_POSITION = -1; /** * @param adapter - adapter with objects to be searched * @param object - object to search in adapter * @return position of item or -1 if item is not in adapter */ public static int getItemPosition(Adapter adapter, Object object) { return getItemPosition(adapter, object, INVALID_POSITION); } /** * * @param adapter - adapter with objects to be searched * @param object - object to search in adapter * @param defaultPosition - default position to return if object is not in adapter * @return position of item or default position if item is not in adapter */ public static int getItemPosition(Adapter adapter, Object object, int defaultPosition) { int position = defaultPosition; for (int i = 0; i < adapter.getCount(); i++) { if (adapter.getItem(i).equals(object)) { position = i; break; } } return position; } }